IBM Security QRadar SIEM vs. Arcsight by OpenText

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Security QRadar SIEM
Score 8.7 out of 10
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IBM Security QRadar is security information and event management (SIEM) Software.N/A
Arcsight by OpenText
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
A combined SIEM and SOAR, used to accelerate threat detection and response with holistic security analytics, native SOAR, and intelligent automation.N/A
Pricing
IBM Security QRadar SIEMArcsight by OpenText
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM Security QRadar SIEMArcsight by OpenText
Considered Both Products
IBM Security QRadar SIEM
Chose IBM Security QRadar SIEM
ArcSight is more difficult to understand and administer, and it looks more like a box for programming and needs a lot of high-level skills personnel. IBM Security QRadar SIEM is well suited for organization cybersecurity in large and medium organizations. IBM Security QRadar …
Chose IBM Security QRadar SIEM
Correlation competency are very high. Log seach capabilities are very high. Support is better than many other solutions. Local support is widely. Enterprise solution and leader at Gartner and Forrester
Chose IBM Security QRadar SIEM
QRadar offers a more complete set of functionalities and integrations
Chose IBM Security QRadar SIEM
It was on the easier side for use and can be stable.
Chose IBM Security QRadar SIEM
Overall each of these platforms have great features and need to be properly reviewed and tested for your specific needs
Chose IBM Security QRadar SIEM
The product price, ease of deployment and support availability
Arcsight by OpenText
Chose Arcsight by OpenText
Splunk is way better, faster and has more integration than Arcsight has. Arcsight doesn't seem like the leader of the market as it was many years ago and I'd not recommend getting this now unless you absolutely require it for some reason.
Top Pros
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Features
IBM Security QRadar SIEMArcsight by OpenText
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
IBM Security QRadar SIEM
8.7
60 Ratings
11% above category average
Arcsight by OpenText
5.5
5 Ratings
35% below category average
Centralized event and log data collection9.927 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Correlation8.960 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management9.527 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Deployment flexibility7.927 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.456 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces7.660 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection9.625 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Data integration/API management9.07 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining8.339 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds9.240 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation7.75 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management7.838 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching8.97 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Security QRadar SIEMArcsight by OpenText
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(81 ratings)
8.9
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(55 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.3
(51 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Security QRadar SIEMArcsight by OpenText
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
QRadar is very well suited on environments where there are not multiple tenants or domains, we do have success on this kind of scenario. IBM Security QRadar SIEM is less appropriate for environments with multiple tenants, specially when each tenant represent a different End Costumer (such as for MSSP companies), those environments require a high amount of rules and building blocks replications, since each tenant will have its own "BB definitions", servers, rules exception, etc. Also, some information, such as EPS count or EPS dropped are generated by QRadar's own log sources, which takes place on default domain, therefore users associated with different domain can not have access to those logs, even when the information is related to other domain's environment. For example, even if Event Collector 1 is associated to Domain A, the log informing its dropped EPS is generated by System notification, log source that must be associated to Default domain.
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OpenText
In the current lot of hundreds of SIEM solutions out there in the market, ArcSight ESM is fairly less expensive with strong fundamentals in place. The log ingestion, correlation are very well performing and totally worth ROI. However, the tool has lost its way when it comes to staying abreast with current feature curve of SIEM technology and the evolution has not been done by MicroFocus. Search times are high and there is no major plug-in that has been introduced as part of the product life cycle.
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Pros
IBM
  • Enables identification and prioritization of vulnerabilities in IT infrastructure for corrective action.
  • Facilitates security incident investigation and forensic analysis.
  • Provides a real-time view of security events, enabling immediate incident response.
  • Can integrate with external threat intelligence sources to enrich data and improve threat detection.
  • Enables the generation of detailed and customized reports.
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OpenText
  • Integration with smart logger and ESM to create rules and easy management of the same.
  • Easy integration with all end point security management tool(IPS/IDS, Firewall, Anti-Virus) and their consolidated output at a single place to effectively rectifying true and false positives.
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Cons
IBM
  • Need to spend more time configuring the system to properly interpret and normalize different type of data collected from multiple resources.
  • While Rule creation QRadar uses that rules to detect security threats and generate alerts, but to creating and managing rules is bit complex & tedious work to complete.
  • IBM Security QRadar SIEM is excellent in handling large & complex systems that requires in-depth knowledge and extensive training to configure and maintain the system which includes upgrading, optimization of performance & issue troubleshooting.
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OpenText
  • Even though integration is good but not complete yet as there are a lot of new popular apps which Arcsight can't integrate with natively.
  • UI can be improved.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
With the arrival of IBM Security QRadar SIEM at our company, we have a better vision of all the security needs that may arise, it is a very safe software to use that prevents threats from damaging our IT environment, it is impossible to change it for another software.
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OpenText
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Usability
IBM
A very special system to use without problems, the process is very genuine and does not require complicated procedures.
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OpenText
Overall, it is a good investment in order for an organization to stay compliant and stay secure from all the wild things happening. It is definitely a cost effective tool with some good features including correlation, log storage, reporting and dashboards. If a customer is looking for advanced set of features, then I would highly not recommend this.
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Support Rating
IBM
Customer support is Good of IBM, While Using IBM QRadar its deployment is to slow and suddenly stop working and crashed we have contacted IBM Support and Rised a Ticket within a few minute we get call back from customer support and Query Resolved by them Fast And Rapid Support of Ibm
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OpenText
I personally haven't reached the support team, however, the engineers never complained about the Arcsight support team. We had some issues with the tool in the past but every time we reached the support, all issues were resolved in a timely manner.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM Qradar takes the best from its competitors. Reliable and stable but sometimes very expensive, the SIEM from IBM offers a wide range of scenarios in which the customers can suite and size their own infrastructures. IBM Qradar doesn't really needs to stack up againt its competitors because it already sets an example in the SIEM world.
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OpenText
ArcSight Intelligence easily provides visibility to understand the logs and monitor the different devices .have features to manage multiple client with asingle console.searching is little bit hectic but we can mange these thing while using its filter creation process. It costs low comparing to any other SIEM tool and nearly scan satisfied any clients requirements.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Offense investigation was really helped in tackling the incidents. It was accurate and brief
  • The automation with IBM resilient (SOAR) was a milestone in elimination of user mistakes
  • The X-Force threat intelligence supported us in getting the work done without any 3rd party enterprise OSINT database
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OpenText
  • It's a good SIEM solution. Doesn't have much negative impact.
  • Customization is the best part.
  • Good reporting features.
  • Does require good hardware configuration.
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